French Toast Rolls

Who doesn’t love good French Toast for breakfast? We all do, right?  I’ve made French toasts thousand times. And I was still craving French toast last weekend. And I wanted to make it somewhat differently than usual way. I had a week old white bread loaf sitting in my fridge, had to use it up.  And my family love Nutella and Strawberry Cheesecake. So I thought, why not combined them both and make a breakfast they would enjoy? So, I came up with this.  When you are pressed for time, this is not the breakfast to make I tell you!  It does take some prep time but the end result is oh so delish!  I am so glad I finally was able to make it for breakfast today!

So, let’s get cooking!

Here’s how I made it.

French Toast Rolls

Ingredients
8 slices of white bread, crust removed
2 eggs
1/2 cup milk
1 tsp. vanilla essence
a pinch of salt
1 tsp. cinnamon powder
butter or oil for frying
for filling:
Nutella as much as YOU want!
a cup or so sliced strawberries
1/2 cup cream cheese, whipped with 1 tbsp. icing sugar

How to:
Flatten the bread slices with rolling pin.
Spread Nutella on 4 slices, roll them up
Now spread Cream cheese mix on 4 more slices, add sliced berried on them and roll them up as well.
Heat up oil in skillet.
Crack eggs in a shallow bowl.
Add milk, salt, vanilla and cinnamon powder to it.
Dip each roll good in egg custard and shallow fry till all sides are nicely cooked and golden brown.
At this point, you can serve the rolls with maple syrup or mix sugar and cinnamon powder and roll the prepared hot rolls in it, making them extra special.
Enjoy!

 

 

 

Grilled Sweet Potatoes

 

Keeping up with Christmas dinner theme,this is another quick dish which is delish as well as nutritious.By now we all know the goodness of sweet potatoes. This is yet another way to incorporate this vegetable in your diet. You can grill a bagful of sweet potatoes ahead of time and use them for this dish, make quick French fries or soup.

 

Here’s how I made it.

 

Grilled Sweet Potatoes

 

Ingredients

3 medium sweet potatoes, peeled

Salt and pepper to taste

¼ cup oil

1 tbsp sugar

½ cup goat cheese crumbles OR your choice of cheese

Parsley for garnish(optional)

 

How to:

Slice the sweet potatoes into 4, and again into 2s.

You will have 8 wedges from 1 sweet potato.

Prepare  all of them like this, place them in a microwave safe tray.

Pour oil, sprinkle salt and pepper.

Microwave for about 3 minutes or until just tender.

Pre heat grill.

Grill the parboiled wedges until nice grill marks appear.

At this point, you can place them in an oven and roast them until charred a bit.

Sprinkle goat cheese, more salt and pepper if needed and garnish with parsley.

Enjoy!

Quick Apple Turn Overs

 

I am getting in the mood for Christmas. Apples and December, Christmas and Apple Pie! Who doesn’t like apple pies and apple turn overs? Especially when it gets cooler outside, the leaves start changing colors and finally fall, leaving the tree all bare- these are the times when apple orchards are blossoming with wide array of apples. I love to cook with apples. And I am always looking for easy peasy recipes that can be made in a cinch and are satisfying to any sweet tooth as well. This is one of those recipes. I always have wanton wrappers on hand. Again, let me tell you that they are very very  very versatile. And I was given about 5 lbs. of different apples by our Church friend! Now, you can only eat 2 apples a day! So, I made apple jam and the leftover apples, I made these cute babies.

 

Here how’s I made it.

 

Quick Apple Turn Overs

Ingredients

6 wonton wrappers

1 Granny Smith apple, peeled, cored and cubed

2 tbsp sugar

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tbsp butter

 

How to:

Heat a skillet on medium high.

Add butter, apple cubes, sugar and cinnamon.

Cook for about 5 minutes or until apple is a bit tender.

Let it cool down.

In the meantime, pre heat oven to 400° F.

Brush the wonton edges with water.

Place about a tbsp of apple mixture on one side of wonton.

Fold over, place gently, make sure to remove any air bubble. Repeat.

Brush with milk, or egg wash and place them in hot oven for about 10 minutes or until they are golden brown.

Enjoy with whipped cream, or à la mode or as it is.

Cran Almond Brittle

DEEEEECMEBER! I am soooooo excited!  And to start off the month, here it is. Something special and remind us all of the season. Cranberry and Almond White Chocolate Brittle. So easy. Don’t we love when we can make some thing in a jiffy that looks good and tastes even better? This is exactly the recipe we all need. This is for when you have that I-need-something-sweet-and-tart kind of craving.  Well, give it a try and see for yourself what I mean!

Here’s how I made it

Cran Almond Brittle

Ingredients

2 cups dried cranberries
1 cup or more chopped almonds
2 cups white chocolate chips
1 cup condensed milk
1 tsp vanilla

How to:

Easy.
Mix everything and heat up in the microwave until chocolate melts.
Spread on a parchment lined cookie sheet until cools down.
Break into pieces and
Enjoy!

Chips and Salsa

 

Well, well, well. This is not any ordinary chips and salsa. This is leftover chapati chips and peach salsa!  Yes, you heard it right. I had a few leftover chapatis that I need to use up. I normally don’t have this much leftover chapatis.  So I was wondering what’s the best and quickest way to use them. So, I cut them up, brush with melted butter, sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon and baked in the oven till crispy. And serve them with this easy peasy peachy salsa. Just cube the peaches, add sugar, a pinch of salt, chopped red onion, lemon juice and serve. This salsa, though, the longer it sits in the fridge, the more intense the flavour. So make sure to make yours ahead of time. And yes, make some extra chaptis tonight!

Enjoy!

Happy Thanksgiving To All My Canadian Friends!

 

Our traditional Thanksgiving Spread!

 

May God Almighty bless us all now and forever as we have joined hands together to thank HIM!

Nutella Swirl Pound Cake

Another tasty treat that can truly satisfy your late night craving!  I keep on buying Nutella when it goes on sale. I bet you can find at least 4 large jars of Nutella any given day. Now really that’s not too much Nutella. There is no such thing like too much Nutella. I know you all agree with me. My family loves to eat it as spread on toasts and I can make so many things with it. This is exactly what I needed the other day. I wanted to bake something. And yes, I didn’t go for healthy bake. If you are looking for a healthier version of pound cake, stop right here. This is loaded with sugar, butter, eggs, Nutella and yes, LOVE! Love for my family, love for Nutella. Precious!  

Here’s how I made it: 

Nutella Swirl Pound Cake

Ingredients

4 large eggs

1 tbsp vanilla extract

1-1/2 cups AP flour

1 tsp baking powder

¼ tsp salt

1 cup unsalted, room temperature butter

¾ cup sugar

1 cup Nutella

 

How to: 

Preheat oven to 350°F.

Spray either a loaf pan or a small bundt cake pan with non stick spray.

In a bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt. Set aside

In another bowl, whisk eggs with vanilla.

In another bowl, using the hand mixer, cream butter and sugar together on medium till soft and light in colour.

Slowly add all the dry ingredients and incorporate with butter.

Add egg mixture to it and whisk for about 1 minute.

Spread half the batter in prepared pan.

Warm up Nutella in microwave for about 30 seconds.

Drizzle on batter.

Now spread remaining batter on top of Nutella.

Take a skewer, make swirls in batter.

Bake for about an hour or until the tooth pick comes out clean when inserted in cake.

Cool completely on a rack.

Enjoy!